tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18474714.post115137191915773209..comments2023-06-28T12:25:55.304-04:00Comments on A Fictional Life: I'm NOT crazy. I promise!Tiffany Amber Stocktonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11748626556281101957noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18474714.post-1152282684417473182006-07-07T10:31:00.000-04:002006-07-07T10:31:00.000-04:00Thanks for the comments, everyone! I'm thrilled th...Thanks for the comments, everyone! I'm thrilled that some of you have already read JUST AS I AM - and liked it! Now Mayla will be alive in your mind, too. She'll talk to you if you let her. And she can be a pest, let me tell you.<BR/><BR/>Amy - Ok, Mom, the secret's out. We're both crazy!<BR/><BR/>Kristy - how was church?<BR/><BR/>Cindy - thank you! I've never been called SPIFFY before.<BR/><BR/>Virginia Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09173805566584639734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18474714.post-1151982113563970312006-07-03T23:01:00.000-04:002006-07-03T23:01:00.000-04:00Sure wish my characters would do that! Maybe I sho...Sure wish my characters would do that! Maybe I should try cultivating more of a dialogue with them. I don't think you're crazy, I think you're blessed! Kelly FAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18474714.post-1151934072925397532006-07-03T09:41:00.000-04:002006-07-03T09:41:00.000-04:00I'm just learning to plot, which is helping a lot,...I'm just learning to plot, which is helping a lot, but was thinking I was not very good at it since I couldn't seem to stick with what I'd outlined. Good to hear that <I>very</I> experienced writers allow their characters to come alive and move the story in unexpected directions.PatriciaWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04572087157439187319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18474714.post-1151786286893270642006-07-01T16:38:00.000-04:002006-07-01T16:38:00.000-04:00I just read JUST AS I AM and have ordered it for o...I just read JUST AS I AM and have ordered it for our Christian college library. Our students will relate to the blend of realism and humor, and the challenges of how to be accepted by secular friends and maintain Christian lives while not antagonizing nonbelievers with a preachy attitude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18474714.post-1151702489272748812006-06-30T17:21:00.000-04:002006-06-30T17:21:00.000-04:00Kristin Durrans from SLC, Utah says...Ginny you do...Kristin Durrans from SLC, Utah says...<BR/><BR/>Ginny you do know your characters as if they lived with you..I know I've been to your home and understand the thought process and your writings. I must however look in your closets next time I visit to see the new characters.. Just a peek! Love Just AS I Am, can't wait for the next and the next.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18474714.post-1151686060534526052006-06-30T12:47:00.000-04:002006-06-30T12:47:00.000-04:00The characters become so alive that you feel like ...The characters become so alive that you feel like you know them as they relate to real people. They also make you realize that everyone needs to understand how much God loves them regardless of the circumstances surrounding them. The book, "Just As I Am", holds your attention until you finish it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18474714.post-1151593219689967612006-06-29T11:00:00.000-04:002006-06-29T11:00:00.000-04:00Ginny Smith's characters do have a mind all their ...Ginny Smith's characters do have a mind all their own and I can only imagine what her closet looks like! (smile) There must be tons of characters hanging on hangers just waiting to be given their "fair share" of her attention. <BR/> Her writing is crisp and comfortable. Reading is easy and enjoyable. I THINK SHE THE SPIFFY-EST!Cindy Sproleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830332218529286736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18474714.post-1151532547544638802006-06-28T18:09:00.000-04:002006-06-28T18:09:00.000-04:00Great post, Ginny. Thanks, Tiff, for it.Kristy, wh...Great post, Ginny. Thanks, Tiff, for it.<BR/><BR/>Kristy, who's off to churchKristy Dykeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513637012962943901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18474714.post-1151512214645671872006-06-28T12:30:00.000-04:002006-06-28T12:30:00.000-04:00I loved this interview! I haven't written much bu...I loved this interview! <BR/>I haven't written much but completely understand about the characters "talking to you". It always causes speculation for me if there is some alternate universe - a home of ideas and concepts - that become flesh in this earth in print at the choice of the recipient/author.<BR/>Okay, Ginny is not crazy...but maybe I am?<BR/>God bless you both, Ginny and Amber.<BR/>AmyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com